Candidate Feldman ran for Congress in November of 2020, raising $4.7 million for the campaign, including $800,000 in federal matching amounts. Five months after his opponent was sworn into office, campaign auditors discovered that Feldman had used $500,000 of campaign donations for a personal vacation to Belize in January of 2021. Unfortunately, Feldman has just now made your manager aware of this and asked her if this was a problem. Feldman's 2021 tax return was filed timely by your CPA firm and did not include any income with respect to the receipt of campaign funds. Since Feldman's 2021 tax return has already been filed and your manager has just received this information, please make sure you include next steps as part of your file memo recommendation for your manager. prepare a memo and include citations used as you are the staff accountant for a CPA firm and you have been assigned to prepare Feldman's 2022 income tax return.

Candidate Feldman ran for Congress in November of 2020, raising $4.7 million for the campaign, including $800,000 in federal matching amounts. Five months after his opponent was sworn into office, campaign auditors discovered that Feldman had used $500,000 of campaign donations for a personal vacation to Belize in January of 2021. Unfortunately, Feldman has just now made your manager aware of this and asked her if this was a problem. Feldman's 2021 tax return was filed timely by your CPA firm and did not include any income with respect to the receipt of campaign funds. Since Feldman's 2021 tax return has already been filed and your manager has just received this information, please make sure you include next steps as part of your file memo recommendation for your manager. prepare a memo and include citations used as you are the staff accountant for a CPA firm and you have been assigned to prepare Feldman's 2022 income tax return.

CONCEPTS IN FED.TAX.,2020-W/ACCESS

20th Edition

ISBN:9780357110362

Author:Murphy

Publisher:Murphy

Chapter2: Income Tax Concepts

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 35P

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